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Quantum fluctuations of vacuum versus photon-pairs concerning Spontaneous-Parametric Down-Conversion and Four-Wave-Mixing

URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2601.08349v1
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 09:09:39 GMT
Title: Quantum fluctuations of vacuum versus photon-pairs concerning Spontaneous-Parametric Down-Conversion and Four-Wave-Mixing
Authors: Benoît Boulanger, Gaspar Mougin-Trichon, Véronique Boutou,
Abstract summary: limit between the two regimes of spontaneous-parametric down-conversion (SPDC) or four-wave-mixing (FWM)<n>A unitless quantity has been defined, corresponding to the photon-pairs flux per frequency unit.<n>The ratio between the magnitudes of the electric fields of the generated photons and of vacuum has been also calculated.
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Abstract: The limit between the two regimes of spontaneous-parametric down-conversion (SPDC) or four-wave-mixing (FWM) regarding the pump intensity has been theoretically investigated using a semi-classical model and analytical calculations. A unitless quantity has been defined, corresponding to the photon-pairs flux per frequency unit: it has been found equal to 0.369 at this limit. The ratio between the magnitudes of the electric fields of the generated photons and of vacuum has been also calculated, equal to 1.718, and the pump intensity has been plotted as a function of the interaction length for different values of the second-order electric susceptibility in the case of SPDC and of the third-order electric susceptibility for FWM. These quantitative results confirm that below the limit, the nonlinear process can be truly considered as spontaneous, i.e. mainly seeded by the quantum fluctuations of vacuum, while the generated photons mainly govern the pump photon splitting above the limit, which corresponds more to an optical parametric amplification / difference frequency generation regime. Knowing quantitatively the limit between the two regimes thanks to the present calculations will be a useful guide for further quantum calculations and measurements from either side of the limit in order to catch the full quantum picture of SPDC and FWM from low to high pump intensities.

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